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Jonathan
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 Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:15 am Post subject: Random Work posting - watching it snow.... |
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I work in midtown Manhattan, on the corner of 52nd and 7th, on the 14th floor, luckily right next to the window. Its been fascinating watching the snow this morning. Its been generally snowing straight up outside my window…. with a periodic rotor that comes through and smashes everything into a gazillion different directions.
The snow is awesome helping to mark the various air currents. All the rising air makes me want to fly… although its 10 degrees outside without the wind-chill factored in…. and I have no desire to fly through the lee side skyscraper turbulence that I have been witnessing…
How is this for a random post??? |
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John C
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Pretty good as a random post. I would have been happy to throw in an "excellent" had there been video. 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Quit your job, move to the islands, grow a beard and sell mustache rides to the tourists.
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Sky_Walker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm,
I've already got a beard, I hate my job .....
 
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feathered1
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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USAir airbus down in the hudson river, did you see it?
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selbaer
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| amazing how long it is able to float...and getting towed... |
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jjcote
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Tanks full of fuel makes a pretty good float. Unlike empty space that can fill up with water, the wings are going to remain buoyant.
Sounds like they needed Wag to fly ahead of them and shoot the geese. 
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DanTuck
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. It looks like everyone is safe but that's scary. 
I saw the headline and expected to see fragments scattered across the river but no. They say the pilot did an extraordinary job of putting the plane down softly. Just incredible.
Yikes! I just moved to Charlotte and my GF is in NYC.
That's the flight she'll be taking when she comes down here.
At least the chances of that happening again are slim to none. 
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MorphFX
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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I saw this on the news tonight then thought, didn't someone post a 'Random Post' from the area! Freaky!
Amazed the plane didn't break up! To that pilot....
Reports I've heard so far say no-one is hurt. I hope it stays that way!
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Jonathan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, could not see it from my building...
Is that one of the first commercial jets to land in the water and not break into multiple pieces?
Why aren't the door slides deployed on that plane?
I wonder how many people took the time to try to get their carry on luggage out while panicking to GTFO of the plane.... |
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Wagner24314
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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i would have been out the f***ing door
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MorphFX
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| Wagner24314 wrote: |
| i would have been out the f***ing door |
Now if Wagner was there, he'd be on the wing 'in-flight' taking out the Geese before the engines ingested them! 
So nice to have what I can best describe as a 'feel good' news story!
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